he's in burlingame, california. good morning. >> reporter: the romney campaign insists this was not politically motivated, the timing of it on a friday when fewer people are paying attention. but nonetheless, by putting the tax returns out at this time, they're hoping to put to bed this issue and avoid any further nasty headlines as we move forward. let's take a look at the 2011 tax returns for myth and ann romney. they paid nearly $2 million in federal taxes in 2011. their total income was nearly $14 million for roughly a 14.1% tax rate compared to about 13.9% just a year earlier, to give you a sense, the average middle class family, depending the way you calculate that, plays roughly 13%. the romneys also paid $4 million in charity last year. meanwhile today, the president will try to fortify his support in the battleground state of wisconsin. of course, the home state of paul ryan, mitt romney's running mate. he has been using romney's hidden camera video from just a week ago where he referred to 47% of americans